French kids eat everything (and yours can too): how our family moved to france, cured picky eating, banished snacking and discovered 10 simple rules for raising healthy, happy eaters

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Prologue -- French kids eat everything (and yours can too) -- Baby steps and beet puree: we move to France, and encounter unidentified edible objects -- Schooling the stomach: we starting learning to "eat French" (the hard way) -- L'art de la table: a meal with friends, and a friendly argument -- Food fights: how not to get your kids to eat everything -- The Kohlrabi experiment: learning to love new foods -- Four square meals a day: why French kids don't snack -- Slow food nation: it's not only what you eat, it's also how you eat -- The best of both worlds -- The most important food rule of all -- Tips and tricks, rules and routines for happy, healthy eaters -- French recipes for kids: fast, simple, healthy and tasty -- List of recipes. Soups and purees ; Salads and main courses ; Snacks and desserts.;Karen Le Billon's two young daughters are typical picky eaters: Sophie flees from the table when confronted with foods she doesn't like (almost everything except pasta, toast, and fishy crackers), and younger sister Claire follows suit. So when Karen moves her young family from Vancouver to her husband's hometown in northern France, she is prepared for some cultural adjustment. But her idyllic dreams of cobblestone streets and baguettes under arms are quickly disrupted as her daughter's eating habits come under scrutiny: Karen is lectured for slipping fussing Claire a snack ' "a recipe for obesity!" ' and forbidden from packing Sophie a lunch in lieu of the elaborate meal on the school menu. Prologue -- French kids eat everything (and yours can too) -- Baby steps and beet puree: we move to France, and encounter unidentified edible objects -- Schooling the stomach: we starting learning to "eat French" (the hard way) -- L'art de la table: a meal with friends, and a friendly argument -- Food fights: how not to get your kids to eat everything -- The Kohlrabi experiment: learning to love new foods -- Four square meals a day: why French kids don't snack -- Slow food nation: it's not only what you eat, it's also how you eat -- The best of both worlds -- The most important food rule of all -- Tips and tricks, rules and routines for happy, healthy eaters -- French recipes for kids: fast, simple, healthy and tasty -- List of recipes. Soups and purees Salads and main courses Snacks and desserts.